* {{ga|Red}}, the player character of the first games, is found training in [[Mt. Silver]] and can be battled.

* {{ga|Red}}, the player character of the first games, is found training in [[Mt. Silver]] and can be battled.

* {{ga|Blue}}, the rival character of the first games, has become the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Viridian City]]. His team is based on the Pokémon he used in the final battle in {{game|Red and Blue|s}}.

* {{ga|Blue}}, the rival character of the first games, has become the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Viridian City]]. His team is based on the Pokémon he used in the final battle in {{game|Red and Blue|s}}.

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* A man in the [[Violet City]] Pokémon Center states that the former Team Rocket was broken up by a "{{ga|Red|young kid}}."

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* A man in the [[Violet City]] Pokémon Center states that the former [[Team Rocket]] was broken up by a "{{ga|Red|young kid}}."

* The parents of the Copycat in [[Saffron City]] mention that her Clefairy Doll was given to her by {{ga|Red|a boy}} three years before.

* The parents of the Copycat in [[Saffron City]] mention that her Clefairy Doll was given to her by {{ga|Red|a boy}} three years before.

* The {{DL|In-battle effect item|Berserk Gene}}, a held item, is found near the former entrance of the now-collapsed [[Cerulean Cave]], where {{p|Mewtwo}} once hid.

* The {{DL|In-battle effect item|Berserk Gene}}, a held item, is found near the former entrance of the now-collapsed [[Cerulean Cave]], where {{p|Mewtwo}} once hid.

Revision as of 13:35, 10 August 2009

The four generations of Pokémon games, taking place in the same universe, have had multiple references to each other. Not only do the games reference their same-generation counterparts (with the player's default name being the version played and the rival's being the counterpart version in the first two generations), but games released later in the series typically will feature references to events of past generations.

Please note, of course, that this does not include Pokémon. While Pokémon released in previous generations will always appear, they are not a reference to the generation itself.

List of references

Generation II

To Generation I

Not only is the Kanto region a playable area during the games, but several of the events of Generation I are spoken of as having happened three years previous. Many characters also reappear because of this, though some of them undergo design changes.

Red, the player character of the first games, is found training in Mt. Silver and can be battled.

A boy in Lilycove City says that he and his family came from the Kanto region before he asks if there are any Pokémon found only in the Hoenn region.

To Generation II

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the player-controlled character of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald is said to have moved at the beginning of the game with his/her family from the Johto region, the main setting of the Generation II games. (In Pokémon Emerald the character who said this instead states that the player character's family moved there from a faraway place.)

The Oceanic Museum in Slateport City has two water samples, one of which is from Johto.

A man in Mt. Moon says that Brock sometimes helps excavate fossils there. This explains how he acquires the Kabutops and Omastar which he uses in the second generation of games.

At the Cerulean Cape, a dame says Misty has high hopes about the location, which is known as a famous dating spot. In the second generation of games, she is first encountered there with an unknown male character.

Janine, Koga's daughter and future Leader of Fuchsia Gym, appears in Fuchsia City, and tells the player that she is training to use Poison Pokémon like her father. She is misnamed as Charine in the English translation of FireRed and LeafGreen, however.

The branch of Team Rocket in the Sevii Islands seems to be the same branch which attempted to revive Team Rocket during Generation II, with plans to use magnetic waves to evolve Pokémon. Their lead scientist also tells that Giovanni's child has red hair, a possible reference to Silver. It could also be a reference to the head admin in Johto, pictured on Team Rocket's Evil Deeds.

The man who digs Three Isle Path and gives the player a Nugget says that he'd like to buy a house in Kanto. He likely is the same person who gives away a Nugget in Generation II in his house on Route 2.

Generation IV

To Generation I

Professor Oak himself comes to Sinnoh to give the player the National Dex, and can always be found in a house in Eterna City thereafter. He gives the player an Up-Grade, which was sent to Oak by his acquaintance from Kanto.

In the gatehouse east of Canalave City is a guard who complains that he is thirsty, like the guards in Kanto who will allow the player to enter Saffron City if they are brought a drink. Unlike those guards, however, this one does not do anything if brought a drink.

As a direct tribute to the original games, one of the wallpapers has been designed to resemble the design of the routes of the first games, complete with the graphics and sprites when the games are played on the Game Boy Color, the Game Boy Advance or the Game Boy Advance SP. The wallpaper showcases typical features like both types of fences, low and high grass, normal ground, a sign and a house.

To Generation II

In Platinum, the game instead begins with a report about Professor Rowan. However, the cameraman from the red Gyarados report is seen blocking the entrance to Lake Valor, hoping to get a shot of the legendary Pokémon said to live there.

The Poké Ball design on the floor of the Sinnoh Pokémon Centers is colored gold and silver. Park Balls are also colored gold and silver, and the normally black stripe in the middle is actually a light blue, crystal-like color.

In Stargazer Colosseum in Pokémon Battle Revolution, some of the Pokémon in the last battle depend on which game is linked to the Wii. If Diamond is linked, one of the Pokémon is Ho-Oh, Gold's version mascot, and if Pearl is linked, one of the Pokémon is Lugia, Silver's version mascot.

There are various similarities between Gyms and Gym Leaders between Sinnoh and Johto, including Byron and Jasmine being Template:Type2 Gym Leaders and the sixth Gym Leader of their region, and Candice and Pryce being Template:Type2 Gym Leaders and the seventh of their region.

A woman in Valor Lakefront claims to have lost her Suite Key. If the player finds it near the Hotel Grand Lake using the Dowsing Machine, she will offer a reward of one Lava Cookie, a specialty of Hoenn, possibly implying that her home is in that region.

A Swimmer south of the Valor Lakefront says she would like to vacation in Hoenn because it has more routes on which to Surf.

An old woman living at the base of Stark Mountain acts in the same way that another woman does on Route 111 in Hoenn, insisting that the player keep healing his or her Pokémon with her in a creepy manner. Strangely, they both also live just north of a sandstorm-ridden desert.

A woman in the Battle Tower claims to have been from Hoenn, where another Battle Tower presides. In Platinum, her reference could mean either the Battle Tower itself or the Battle Frontier that resided in Hoenn.

In Stargazer Colosseum in Pokémon Battle Revolution, some of the Pokémon in the last battle depend on which game is linked to the Wii. If Diamond is linked, one of the Pokémon is Groudon, Ruby's version mascot, and if Pearl is linked, one of the Pokémon is Kyogre, Sapphire's version mascot.